Effective date: June 1, 2016
Application: Claims from temporary foreign workers on and after 01 May 2016.
Policy subject: Benefits - General
Purpose:
To establish the process for adjudicating and managing claims from temporary foreign workers.
Temporary foreign worker means an individual who receives a temporary work permit (open or employer specific) under the Government of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program. This program lets employers hire foreign workers to fill temporary labour and skill shortages. Temporary foreign workers have social insurance numbers that begin with nine.
The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013
2(1)(j), 2(1)(l), 2(1)(ii), 20, 25, 27, 36, 70(4), 81, 86, 97, 104, 105, 163, 164, 183, 185;
188 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations; The Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration Services Act
PRO 03/2016 Temporary Foreign Workers
POL 10/2021 Suspension of Benefits
POL 05/2017 Privacy of Information
POL 07/2021 Arising Out of and In the Course of Employment
PRO 04/2012 Translation Services
POL 23/2016 Vocational Rehabilitation – Programs and Services
POL 04/2021 Travel Expenses - General
POL 11/2021 Terminating Benefits – Notice Period
POL 15/2016 Children and Other Dependants – Benefits
POL 08/2010 Return to Work – Temporary Helper
POL 07/2007 Voluntary Relocation Outside Canada